About Dolores
Dolores Aguilar uses practical, skills-based therapy to help people manage stress and anxiety. She brings seven years of experience and works from a strengths-focused perspective. Dolores meets people where they are and helps them build skills they can use right away.
She leans on approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach tools for emotion regulation and clearer thinking. Mindfulness practices and acceptance strategies are used to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make difficult problems easier to handle day to day. Dolores has supported people facing depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. She also helps with relationship struggles, grieving losses, body image worries, and work or career questions.
Her background includes motivational interviewing and a focus on strengths and solutions. Therapy is shaped to each person’s needs and goals. Dolores emphasizes respectful, compassionate conversations and a trauma-informed outlook.
She works with clients to set realistic steps and build on existing resources. Practical matters are part of the plan. Dolores communicates during weekday hours and schedules live sessions ahead of time.
She encourages taking small, manageable steps toward change and supports people through setbacks and progress.
Therapy approaches and what online work looks like
Dolores frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and learn new coping skills. CBT focuses on changing patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety and low mood. DBT teaches concrete strategies for managing intense emotions, improving tolerance for distress, and enhancing interpersonal effectiveness.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take meaningful action even when unpleasant feelings remain. ACT pairs mindfulness with commitment to valued goals, which can help with worry, avoidance, and life transitions. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; Dolores will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text sessions can be helpful for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or when someone needs flexible timing. These formats let people continue therapy from different locations and schedules while focusing on practical coping and progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English